the Arts

The arts represent an outlet of expression, that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. While in general, the arts refer all creative outlets, like writing and cooking, the arts in schools normally refers to the performing arts. Major constituents of the performing arts include the worlds of Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts.
OPEN NH courses in the arts are aligned to the National Core Arts Standards and are framed by artistic literacy as described in the philosophical foundations, lifelong goals, and artistic processes. Integration of the arts into a wide range of content areas ensures a rigorous, engaging and relevant arts education for all students.NH Art Educators AssociationNH Arts Learning Network National Art Education Association

Courses and Descriptions

AR-01 Arts Integration in the Elementary Classroom

Using the arts is a way to engage learners, enliven the curriculum, expand thinking, approach creative problem solving, and support all content areas in an effort to meet the diverse needs of students. In this 7 week course you will learn about effective practices in arts integration and how to apply such practices to your own teaching. Current research supports arts integration and New Hampshire has examples of several models that effectively implement arts integration in the curriculum of schools around the state.Syllabus | Rubric

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Online Course Model

Online Course OrientationAll OPEN NH courses begin with an optional face-to-face orientation, allowing participants to become familiar with course login procedures and overall course requirements. Orientation to the course continues online during the first week, so that participants become familiar with course expectations and get acquainted with their instructor and fellow classmates.

Online Content and Practice Following the orientation, courses continue for six weeks, emphasizing theory-to-practice applications. Course work includes online discussions, reflections, readings, and projects. Course participants receive a certificate of participation that may be applied to their individual professional development plans.

Registration Register for courses by visiting the Registration link in the Navigation bar.
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If you plan to register in the last week before courses start, contact the e-Learning for Educators Project
, or visit the e-Learning Blog, to find out the course status. Not all courses may run.

Course Offerings Courses are not offered during all sessions. View complete session schedule for details of course offerings in each session.

Course Content Course syllabi are available online to review. The link to the syllabus is available under the course description in each course category. You can also view the complete list of course syllabi links on the Course Syllabus Page.

On Your Own e-Learning While our regular course registration fee is $130, we also offer self-paced tutorials at even lower cost. These tutorials have an assessment component and will earn you professional development CEUs after successful completion. District cohort deals are also available. View the full list of available tutorials and all the details about them on the Self Paced Tutorials Page.

NH Department of Education TutorialsThe New Hampshire Department of Education is committed to providing guidance and service to schools and districts. OPEN NH offers free online tutorials that support NHDOE initiatives and programs.

Institutes in a BoxAs part of the NH Digital Resources Consortium, OPEN NH is hosting the online workshops and Institutes.

Coming Soon.

Conservation Education As part of the NH Environmental Literacy Plan implementation, OPEN NH is hosting freely accessible tutorials on Conservation Education.

Free Tutorials There are also free tutorials available, which do not earn CEUs. These will help introduce you to the online learning environment and introduce you to our course model and content. Click on the Moodle Course Login link in the Upper Right hand corner and select "Self Paced Tutorials".